Stop attachment for shades.



PATENTBD MAR. 2s, 1905.

I. L. BENEDICT. STOP ATTACHMENT FOR SHADES.

APPLIUATION FILED 00T. 21,1903.

UNITED STATES Patented March 28, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRED LEE BENEDICT, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOJAMES HENRY CORNELL, OF JERSEY CITY, NEIV JERSEY; HARRIET L. CORNELLADMINISTRATRIX OF SAID JAMES HENRY CORNELL, DEcEAsED.

STOP ATTACHMENT FOR SHADES.

SLDECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 786,087, dated March28, 1905.

Application filed October 2l, 1903. Serial No. 177,939.

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Be it known that I, FRED LEE BENEDICT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in StopAttachments for Shades, of which the following is a specification.

I will first describe the improvement in detail and then point out thenovel features in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of ashade, showing a stop attachment embodying my improvement performing itsfunction. Fig. 2 is an enlarged similar view of a portion of the same.Fig. 8 is a sectional View taken on the plane of the line 3 3, Fig. 2.Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a stop attachment embodying' myimprovement. vation of a stop attachment of modified form embodying myimprovement. Fig. 6 is a side view of the form of attachmentshown inFig. 5. Fig. 7 is a View in rear elevation of the form of attachmentshown in Fig. 5; and Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on the plane ofthe lines 8 8, Fig. 7.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A designates the upper portion of a windowframe, and B fixtures forholding a windowshade.

C designates a spring window-shade roller, and D a shade attached tosaid roller.

E is the stick commonly used at the bottom of a window-shade.

F designates an attachment preferably made of metal. At its upper endthis attachment `is shown as formed with a forward extension f',disposed away from the window and is preferably curved so as to conformto the shade when the latter is wound around the roller. InFigs. l to 4,inclusive, a point f is shown as cutout and'bent over, and in Fig. 3this Fig. 5 is a view in front elel point f is shown as lying over theupper portion of the stick E, the object being to aid in fastening thedevice securely to the stick.

The attachment F is prQvided at its lower end with a projecting lug fz,and a ring Gr may be inserted in this lug f2, to which ring G acurtain-cord H may be fastened.

f3 is a hole through whicha screw I majT be passed to enable theattachment F to be screwed to the stick E.

The attachment F is formed of sheet metal and may be provided withcorrugations f* for 5 5 ornamentation and to give added strength to thatpart of the attachment which is'fastened to the stick E.

In Figs. 5 to 8, inclusive, I have shown the attachment as made of apiece Ofwire g. This piece of wire g will have the same generalconformation at its upper end as the portion f.

A sheet-metal piece g is shown as soldered or otherwise secured to thewire g. The engaging point f projects from said piece g. The projectinglug f2 is shown at the lower end of the piece g. I have shown a hole g2in the piece g', through which hole a screw may be passed to fasten theattachment to the stick E. n

The attachment being in place on the shade, the shade may be permittedto roll around the roller C, and when the upper end or extension f ofthe attachment strikes against the under side of that part of the shadewhich has been wound around the roller the further progress of the shadearound the roller is stopped. In this wayIpi-ovide a simple andeffective means for preventing the lower end of a windowshade flyingaround a roller.

What Iclaim as myinvention, and desire to 8O secure by Letters Patent,is-- 1. A stop attachment for shades, comprising an attaching' portionadapted for connection with the shade-stick and an outwardly-disposedstop extension designed for contact with the shade when the latter isrolled and curved t0 Conform substantially t0 the are of the seme, andat its upper end laterally hent at an angle whereby the lower end of theshade is caused to form a stop extension, and the screw passer IO tohanzgv Substantially vertical. through the hole and into the stick.

2. T le combination with a spring-actuated w 5 Shade, of a stopattachment for the same com- Il FRED LEE BENEDILT' prising a sheet-metalplate having punched Witnesses: therefrom the stick-engaging tooth f andbel J. R. BOWEN, low the same having a screw-receiving hole, MATTHEWBOWEN.

